Fish stringer holder



1951 G. L. BOEHM ET AL FISH STRINGER HOLDER Filed Feb. 24, 1949 VENTORS E L. M

IN GEORG WILLIAM B.

BOEH ROWL BY 5 C ATTO NEYS Patented Aug. 14, 1951 FISH STRINGER: HOLDER George L. Boehm and William B. Rowley, Racine, Wis.

Application February 24, 1949, Serial No. 78,046

1 Claim.

Our invention refers to fish stringers, and it has for its object to provide an anchor attachment to a boat or wharf, having a tube for receiving the pin of a fish stringer, the tube being provided with a friction grip for said stringer pin.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, is illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a fish stringer anchor, embodying the features of our invention, being partly in section as indicated by line l-| of Figure 4.

Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, the section being indicated'by line 2--2 of Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a sectional face view of the anchor, the section being indicated by line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the anchor partly in section as indicated by line 4-4 of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is another plan view of the anchor, the section being upon a plane as indicated by line 55 of Figure 1.

Referring by characters to the drawings, A

indicates a boat or wharf element which may be the edge of a seat or the gunwale of a boat. Mounted upon the element or fixture A is a bracket I having upper and lower inwardly extended arms, and a threaded clamping bolt 2. The bracket has secured thereto wings 3 extending from a right rectangular open ended tube 4. The upper mouth end of which tube is provided with a downward and inwardly extended guide wall 5 and an opposed inwardly turned wall 5' for the reception of the standard fish stringer pin 6 having the usual flexible stringer 6' projecting from its rear end.

The side walls 4' of the tube 4 adjacent the bottom of said tube are formed with obliquely disposed longitudinal slots 1, which slots are in the general line of the intake mouth of said tube.

A transversely disposed reciprocative rod 8 is mounted at its ends and extends through the pair of slots 1, and said extended ends are each provided with an actuating button 9, whereby the said rod is manually actuated in one direction.

The rod 8 is connected by a pair of coiled springs 10 to a lip ll extended inwardly from the mouth of the tube.

By the above described simple arrangement, the pointed pin 6 of a fish stringer is inserted into the tube through its mouth end, whereby it is guided, and the pointed end of the pin passes down through the tube and engages the friction locking rod 8, whereby the said rod is placed under spring tension and thereby freely grips the pin between the rod and the outer Wall of the tube. Hence, when the pin is so inserted it will be frictionally anchored so that it is impossible to withdraw it by strain upon the stringer cord.

It follows, should the fisherman wish to release the stringer from its anchored position, all that is required is to simply depress the knobs or buttons 9 of the rod, whereby said rod will move downwardly in the obliquely disposed slots and thus release the pin from its anchored position, whereby said pin can readily be removed for the purpose of stringing the fish or conveying the fish grouped on the stringer to any desired location.

We claim:

A device for releasably securing a fish stringer to a boat or wharf comprising an elongated tube open at both ends, an attaching clamp carried by one side of the tube and extending longitudinally thereof, said tube having a flaring entrance mouth for guiding the pin of the stringer into the tube, the tube also having formed therein on the opposite sides thereof diagonally extending guide slots, a stringer pin gripping rod extending across the tube slidably mounted in the slots, a contractile coil spring having one end anchored to the rod and the other end to the tube normally urging the rod toward one end of the slots to a stringer pin engaging position, and finger buttons on the ends of the rod engaging the outer face of the tube so that the rod can be moved by an operator to a stringer pin releasing position against tension of said spring.

GEORGE L. BOEI-IM. WILLIAM B. ROWLEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 589,224 Samulson Aug. 31, 1897 849,410 Mills Apr. 9, 1907 1,048,928 Aster et al Dec. 31, 1912 2,387,436 Frank Oct. 23, 1945 

